India, March 5 -- On the eve of a crucial public hearing for a proposed cement plant in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a Guwahati-based NGO has raised a series of environmental and safety concerns, urging authorities to include them in the official record.

The public hearing, to be conducted by the Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB) on March 6 in Umrangso, pertains to an integrated cement plant proposed by Ambuja Concrete North Private Limited, an Adani Group company, at Choto Lokhindong village.

The project includes an 8.0 MTPA clinker unit, a 3.0 MTPA cement unit, a 42 MW waste heat recovery system, and a 50 MW captive power plant.

Rakesh Hazarika, Director of the Global Pandemic Response Forum and Executive Director of the Centre fo...